Hat pouncing and shaving machine



B. BROWN. v'Habt-PQuncing @11dA Shaving-Machine. 5 No. 225,270. PatentedMar. 9', 1880.

Witnesses: Inventum" W @WW NA PErRs, PHOT0-L|TMOGRAPHER. WASMINGTDN n cNITED STATES PATENT OFEIcE.

JAMES B. BECWMCEDANBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNCE To HIMSELE AND WILLIAM n.Hot/VE, or LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAT POUNCING AND SHAV-ING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,270, dated'lVIarch9, 1880. Application led February 2, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Y Beit known that I, JAMES B. BEowN, of Danbury, in the county ofFairfield and State of Connecticut, h ave invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Hat Pouncingand Shaving Machines; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, sufficient to enable others skilled in the art to which theinvention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference thereon, whichform part of this specification.

rlhe invention relates to the organization in one machine of a pouncingand a shaving mechanism, in order to economize in machinery, time, andlabor in finishing hats.

Heretofore separate machines have been employed for effecting thepouncin g and shaving of hats, compelling the operator to handle thehats several times and consuming much time; but by my invention the twooperations are performed in the time usually consumed in one by the oldmethods.

The invention consists in a machine provided with-an ordinarypouncing-cone, in combination with an adjustable bed-lever having ashave or knife, substantially as hereinafter set forth. t

In the accompanying drawings, in the several figures of which like partsare similarly designated, Figure l is a side elevation of my improvedmachine. Fig. 2 is a front-end view. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal verticalsection of the pouncing-cone and its housings. Fig; 4 is a top view ofthe bed-shaving lever.

In suitable standards et c are arranged housings b, to receive a shaft,c, which is driven by a pulley, el, connected with appropriate motivepower. Of course the machine may be hand-driven without departing fromthis invention.

On the shaft c is an ordinary emery-faoed or other suitablepouncing-cone, e.

fis a lever having a shouldered web, y, to iit in a slot or cavity, h,in the standard c, said lever being supported by a rod, t', connected toafoot-lever, k. One end, Z, of lever fis arranged in line with and belowthe cone e, and is concaved (see Figs. 2 and 4) to match the curvatureof the cone, and such end l forms the bed to receive the hat during theoperating of pouncing and Shaving. This bed is provided at one edge witha knife or shave, m. to operate against the inside of the hat to shaveit as the pouncing-cone e is operating upon the outside.

The rear end of lever ,f is conn'ed against lateral displacement by atongue, u, thereon loosely entering a recess, o, in the standard a',such recess being sufficiently long to permit the requisite verticalplay of the lever. At this end of the lever and upon it is arranged aneccentric disk, r, operating in connection with a gage-pin, s, to holdthe bed Z up against the pouncing-cone during the operation of themachine the entire length of such bed, so as to insure even work on thesurface of the hat.

It will be seen that I thus accomplish at one operation 4of a singlemachine what has heretofore been done by two operations of separatemachines, and the pouncing and shaving are thoroughly effected, therebysaving in machinery, time, and labor.

The bed of the lever is made concave, in order to bring a greatersurface of the hat under operation at a given time.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a combined hat pouncing and shaving machine, a pouncing-cone and aknife or shave, substantially as and for the purpose described.

y 2. A' machine for pouncing and shaving` hats, provided with apouncing-cone and a shaving device for effecting the simultaneouspouncing and shaving of hats,`substantially as specified.

3. In a hat pouncing and shaving machine, a shaving-lever, incombination with an eccentric disk and gage-pin, substantially asspecified.

4.. A lever, f, provided with a hat-shave and an eccentric disk, incombination with an operating-lever and a detent for said disk,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination of a pouncing-cone and alever having an opposedconcave bed, subhave hereunto set my hand this 19th day of stantially asspecified. January, 1880.

6. An organized machine composed of mech- JAMES B BROWN anisln foi'pouncing hats and devices for si- 5 mult-aneously shaving the same,substantially Witnesses:

as specified. AARON T. BATES,

ln testimony that I claim the foregoing I DAVID B. BOOTH.

